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Mesenosaurus romeri

Varanopidae

Taxonomy
Mesenosaurus romeri was named by Efremov (1938). Its type specimen is PIN 158/1, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kiselikha, PIN 158, Lower Mezen' River, which is in a Kazanian/Urzhumian terrestrial horizon in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Mesenosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Mesenosaurus romeri Efremov
2008Mesenosaurus romeri Ivakhnenko p. 96 figs. 1, Pl. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
suborderEupelycosauria
familyVaranopidae()
—Neovaranopsia
subfamilyMesenosaurinae
genusMesenosaurusEfremov 1938
speciesromeriEfremov 1938

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Mesenosaurus romeri Efremov 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kazanian to the top of the Urzhumian or 272.50000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kazanian - Urzhumian272.5 - 264.28Russian Federation (Arkhangelsk) Mesenosaurus romeri (type locality: 79948 85160 187645 187646 187647 187648 187649 187650 187651 187653 190282)